"It would have to be thiiiiiiis big" My five-year old sister, Gracie, reached to the sky with one arm, stretching the other arm to the ground and spreading them as far apart as they would go.
She was explaining how big a drop-down/multi-vinyl record player would have to be in order to hold 200 records.
"That's not big enough!" Brendan, our nine year old brother, commented, always wanting to be the knowing older brother.
"It's THIS big!" Gracie emphasized again, struggling to stretch her small arms apart just a little further.
Brendan rolled his eyes at her physical limitations, forgetting that a record-player could likely never hold that many vinyls.
It's funny how sometimes the simplest things point towards the deepest realities. Gracie was trying everything within her limitations to portray what she believed to be true, and yet she fell short. I guess that's like life. Some things are beyond us, beyond our abilities. All we can do is try anyways, stretching as far and living as best we can.
